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Don't Look Now ()

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A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.
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  • Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 9 nominations.
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Laura Baxter
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John Baxter
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Heather
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Wendy
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Bishop Barbarrigo
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Inspector Longhi
Giorgio Trestini ...
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Anthony Babbage
Ann Rye ...
Mandy Babbage
Nicholas Salter ...
Johnny Baxter
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Christine Baxter
Bruno Cattaneo ...
Detective Sabbione
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Nicolas Roeg

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Daphne Du Maurier ... (story)
 
Allan Scott ... (screenplay) (as Alan Scott) and
Chris Bryant ... (screenplay)

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Peter Katz ... producer
Frederick Muller ... associate producer (as Federico Mueller)
Anthony B. Unger ... executive producer

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Pino Donaggio ... (as Pino Donnagio)

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Anthony B. Richmond ... director of photography (as Anthony Richmond)

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Graeme Clifford

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Peter Holt ... assistant editor
Tony Lawson ... assistant editor
Alfreda Benge ... assistant editor (uncredited)

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Miriam Brickman
Ugo Mariotti

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Giovanni Soccol

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Giancarlo Del Brocco ... makeup designer
Maria Luisa Garbini ... hairdresser
Barry Richardson ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Franco Coduti ... unit manager
Tim Hampton ... production supervisor (uncredited)

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Francesco Cinieri ... assistant director
Graham Ford ... first assistant director: UK (uncredited)
Gary White ... second assistant director: UK (uncredited)

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Francesco Chianese ... set dresser (as Francesco Chinanese)

Sound Department

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Peter Davies ... sound recordist
Rodney Holland ... sound editor
Bob Jones ... dubbing mixer
Peter Maxwell ... adr mixer (uncredited)

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Richard Graydon ... stunt coordinator (as Richard Grayden)

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Luciano Marrocchi ... gaffer
Spartaco Pizzi ... key grip
Simon Ransley ... assistant cameraman
Luciano Tonti ... camera operator
Frank Connor ... still photographer (uncredited)
Derek Suter ... electrician (uncredited)

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Marit Allen ... wardrobe: Miss Christie's (as Marit Lieberson)
Anna Maria Feo ... wardrobe mistress (as Annamaria Fea)
Andrea Galer ... wardrobe: Miss Christie

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Giampiero Boneschi ... conductor / music arranger / composer: additional music (uncredited)
Pino Donaggio ... musician: piano (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Rita Agostini ... continuity

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Hubert Doyle ... publicist
Terence O'Connor ... production accountant
Steve Previn ... production executive
John Chambers ... finance executive (uncredited)
Mercedes de Dunewic ... assistant (uncredited)
Gino Donato ... voice dubbing: Massimo Serato (uncredited)
Paolo Ferrari ... voice dubbing: Donald Sutherland (uncredited)
Cristina Grado ... voice dubbing: Julie Christie (uncredited)
Erasmo Lo Presto ... voice dubbing: David Tree (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

John and Laura Baxter are in Venice when they meet a pair of elderly sisters, one of whom claims to be psychic. She insists that she sees the spirit of the Baxters' daughter, who recently drowned. Laura is intrigued, but John resists the idea. He, however, seems to have his own psychic flashes, seeing their daughter walk the streets in her red cloak, as well as Laura and the sisters on a funeral gondola. Written by James Meek

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Taglines It's utter MADNESS! See more »
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Also Known As
  • A Venezia... un dicembre rosso shocking (Italy)
  • Venecia rojo shocking (United States, Spanish title)
  • Ne vous retournez pas (France)
  • Wenn die Gondeln Trauer tragen (Germany)
  • Amenaza en la sombra (Spain)
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  • 110 min
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Budget $1,500,000 (estimated)

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Trivia The scene set in the church where Laura lights a candle for Christine was mostly improvised. Originally intended to show the gulf between John's and Laura's mental states-John's denial and Laura's inability to let go-the script included two pages of dialogue to illustrate John's unease at Laura's marked display of grief. After a break in filming to allow the crew to set up the equipment, Donald Sutherland returned to the set and commented that he did not like the church, to which Julie Christie retorted that he was being "silly," and the church was "beautiful." Nicolas Roeg felt that the exchange was more true to life in terms of what the characters would actually say to each other, and that the scripted version was "overwritten," so opted to ditch the scripted dialogue and included the real-life exchange instead. See more »
Goofs When Laura leaves the hotel near the end to pursue John, she is wearing boots but is barelegged. Later in the chase as she scrambles over a boat, she is wearing the same boots but is now also wearing dark colored stockings/tights. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Catalogue of Ships (2008). See more »
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Quotes John Baxter: What are you reading?
Laura Baxter: I was just trying to find the answer to a question Christine was asking me: if the world's round, why is a frozen lake flat?
John Baxter: Huh. That's a good question.
Laura Baxter: [flipping through a book] Ah-ha. "Lake Ontario curves more than 3 degrees from its eastern most shore to its western most shore." So, frozen water really isn't flat!
John Baxter: Nothing is what it seems.
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